Childhood Interpersonal Trauma and Relationality Among Profiles of Mindfulness Facets

Hémond-Dussault, Valérie; Dussault, Éliane; Hébert, Martine; Godbout, Natacha

doi:10.1007/s12671-022-02038-8

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“…In other person-centered research with smaller sample sizes than the current study (i.e., N between 200–900), researchers have typically identified only four profiles (e.g., Bravo et al, 2016 , 2018 ; Kimmes et al, 2017 ; Lam et al, 2018 ; Zhang et al, 2019 ; Ford et al, 2020 ; Gu et al, 2020 ; Stanmyre et al, 2022 ; Wang et al, 2022 ; Hémond-Dussault et al, 2023 ). Aside from sample size, differences in the number of extracted profiles may have occurred due to the nature of the unique samples.…”

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“…Since Lilja et al’s (2013) and Pearson et al’s (2015) initial works on person-centered heterogeneity in mindfulness, a number of other research teams have examined the profiles of mindfulness with different samples of varying age ranges, from adolescents (e.g., Calvete et al, 2020 ) to older adults (e.g., Zhu et al, 2020 ). Many of the person-centered papers have focused on college students or adults and derived four mindfulness facet profiles ( Pearson et al, 2015 ; Bravo et al, 2016 , 2018 ; Kimmes et al, 2017 ; Lam et al, 2018 ; Ford et al, 2020 ; Grund et al, 2021 ; De Souza Marcovski and Miller, 2023 ; Hémond-Dussault et al, 2023 ; Hou et al, 2023 ). In these four-profile findings, high mindfulness and low mindfulness profiles are homogeneous in nature; the individuals in these profiles score relatively high or relatively low on all facets, respectively.…”

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Not all mindfulness is equal: certain facets of mindfulness have important implications for well-being and mental health across the lifespan

Johnson,

Smith,

Kil

2024

Front. Psychol.

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The connections between the five facets of mindfulness, well-being, and mental health across the lifespan have traditionally been investigated using variable-centered approaches. Less research has investigated these relationships from a person-centered, profile-based approach. In this work, we aimed to identify the profiles of mindfulness in a Canadian lifespan sample (14 to 90 years of age) and investigate how these profiles compared on age, well-being, and mental health. An age- and gender-balanced sample of 1,600 participants completed a questionnaire that measured the five facets of mindfulness; life satisfaction; existential well-being; and anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms. A latent profile analysis was conducted. Five profiles based on the five-facet model of mindfulness were identified: high mindfulness, moderate mindfulness, low mindfulness, nonjudgmentally aware, and judgmentally observing. The 3-step approach to profile comparisons was used to assess age, mental health, and well-being differences across the profiles. Those in the high mindfulness and nonjudgmentally aware profiles were generally older, while the judgmentally observing profile contained younger individuals. Those in the high mindfulness and nonjudgmentally aware profiles reported the greatest mental health and well-being. Conversely, those in the low mindfulness and judgmentally observing profiles had worse mental health than the other profiles. The moderate mindfulness profile was situated between these profile groups on age, mental health, and well-being outcomes. This pattern of results has implications for mindfulness-based intervention research and practice to better account for heterogeneity in mindfulness and better support well-being across the lifespan.

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Not all mindfulness is equal: certain facets of mindfulness have important implications for well-being and mental health across the lifespan

Johnson,

Smith,

Kil

2024

Front. Psychol.

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“…Yet, in line with previous studies (e.g., Elices et al, 2015), more CCIT was associated with less disposition to act with awareness, whereas more disposition to observe was linked with increased parenting alliance, a new finding. Past studies yielded inconsistent results regarding the observing facet, which has been associated with worse outcomes in childhood trauma survivors when paired with low nonjudgment (Baer et al, 2006; Hémond-Dussault et al, 2022). This reflects the need to consider the mindfulness facets together rather than in isolation to guide efficient intervention with survivors of childhood interpersonal trauma.…”

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Childhood interpersonal trauma and postpartum parenting alliance: The role of mindfulness in couples.

Rassart,

Paradis,

Herba

et al. 2024

Journal of Family Psychology

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A large body of evidence demonstrates that childhood interpersonal trauma is associated with poorer parental and couple outcomes following the birth of a new child. As a unique component of couple functioning, parenting alliance is key during this transition period and is associated with long-term parental and child well-being. However, parenting alliance remains understudied in relation to childhood trauma, and little is known regarding the underlying mechanisms of this relationship among couples. Given its documented role in the intimate relationships of childhood interpersonal trauma-exposed individuals, dispositional mindfulness could be considered as a potential explanatory mechanism. Using a dyadic approach, this study examined the role of dispositional mindfulness, and its different facets, in the association between cumulative childhood interpersonal trauma (CCIT) and parenting alliance. A randomly selected community sample of 421 parental couples with infants completed online questionnaires. For both mothers and fathers, CCIT was associated with a more negative perception of parenting alliance through lower dispositional mindfulness, specifically through lower scores on the nonjudgment and describing facets. Moreover, results revealed dyadic indirect effects between parents' CCIT and their partner's parenting alliance through both partners' dispositional mindfulness. This study provides insight on how parents of an infant may influence each other's perceived parenting alliance through their dispositional mindfulness. Results also highlight mindfulness as a relevant mechanism for CCIT survivors who struggle to establish or maintain a positive parenting alliance, as well as the need to involve both parents in research and intervention.

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Childhood Interpersonal Trauma and Relationality Among Profiles of Mindfulness Facets

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Not all mindfulness is equal: certain facets of mindfulness have important implications for well-being and mental health across the lifespan

Not all mindfulness is equal: certain facets of mindfulness have important implications for well-being and mental health across the lifespan

Childhood interpersonal trauma and postpartum parenting alliance: The role of mindfulness in couples.

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